Milestone - Wood Gate - Loughborough, Leicestershire
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SMacB
N 52° 46.224 W 001° 12.277
30U E 621121 N 5848241
An out of place milestone outside The Organ Grinder public house in Loughborough.
Waymark Code: WMQANM
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/24/2016
Views: 1
The milestone outside the Organ Grinder pub suggests that London is 118 miles away, and Loughborough is 9 miles away from this spot! Obviously not the case, as it is in the middle of Loughborough.
Apparently the milestone appeared here mysteriously one night during the time Harry Sheffield was the landlord (between 1912 and 1938), and may have come from Shardlow. Incidentally, Derby is part buried beneath the tarmac!
Condition: Worn
Material: Stone
Inscription:
London
118
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Loughbro
9
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Derby (part obscured)
Name of road: Wood Gate
Date placed: Not listed
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